Products and Technology

SMA's mission is to ensure that UAV operations are safer, more reliable, cost effective and commercially viable. These goals have led to the development of the following products:

Zeus Radar System

The Zeus Radar System enhances situational awareness via detection of aircraft entering the operational airspace. Since there are a variety of circumstances which may lead to the presence of non-participating aircraft, Zeus is a vital technology that ensures safe and responsible UAV operations.

Zeus is an enabling technology for flights extending Beyond Visual Line Of Sight (BVLOS). The system employs state-of-the-art coherent and solid state radar hardware along with advanced signal processing techniques in order to achieve long range detection of general aviation (GA) aircraft.

Due to current regulations only select aircraft carry ADS-B transponders. Therefore, to ensure the safety of all manned aircraft, most industry regulations forbid flying UAVs at BVLOS. With the advent of SMA’s Zeus technology the UAV industry is one step closer to achieving its full potential in making unmanned BVLOS flights possible.

Features:

Fully coherent, solid state X-band pulsed radar

Capable of 3D sector scanning

Lightweight and portable (~10 lbs)

Multimode capability (surveillance, weather, SAR)

Applications:

Ground Based Sense and Avoid

Airport Supplemental/Backup Radar

UAV Detection

Sensitive Area Security

Border Security

Military

​Please contact us for more information to see how Zeus may fit your needs.​

Apollo Air Traffic Monitoring System

The Apollo Air Traffic Monitoring System is equipped with a state-of-the art ADS-B receiver to monitor the presence of participating ADS-B commercial and general aircraft. Apollo displays air traffic using the FalconView mapping application and is ideal for any application where airborne situational awareness is critical.

While all aircraft are not currently required to carry ADS-B transceivers, there is a shift on the horizon towards making this technology mandatory, the booming UAV industry is changing how aircraft operate. Once ADS-B becomes an industry standard, we will be ready to engage our Apollo Air Traffic Monitoring System.

Apollo is designed to operate within the UAV industry of tomorrow. When used in conjunction with the Zeus Radar System, operators can maintain a clear picture of the civilian airspace. Apollo enhances situational awareness and its ADS-B receiver can detect, identify and monitor participating commercial and general aviation aircraft easily and efficiently. This ensures safer skies wherever we fly.

Features:

ADS-B air traffic display

Own UAV display

Built-in map server

Lightweight and portable

Battery powered for remote operation

AIS maritime traffic display (optional)

Antenna tracking system display (optional)

Applications:

UAV applications through Ground Based Sense and Avoid

Disaster Response

Sensitive Area Security

Border Security

Port and Harbour Security

Military

GuardianEye

﻿GuardianEye combines the Zeus Radar System and Apollo Air Traffic Monitoring System into a complete mobile situational awareness centre. If desired, GuardianEye command center is also capable of hosting a UAV ground-control station and additional tracking. It enhances the safety of UAV operations and enables remote operations by ensuring situational awareness to the operators via state-of-the-art equipment. It is also an enabling technology for flights extending to BVLOS.

Micro-IFF Transponder

﻿﻿The Micro-IFF Transponder is a product under development through joint partnership with SMA, R Cubed Engineering in Palmetto, Florida and Kratos Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Micro-IFF is the next generation in IFF Transponders, offering features previously only available from units over 60 times its size.

The Micro-IFF can support all Military and Civil IFF modes. Designed for minimum size, weight, and power (SWaP), the unit is small enough to support Group II UAVs but powerful enough to support current manned aircraft surveillance requirements as both a receiver and interrogator. Diversity is available using an equivalent size module mounted on top of the basic unit. The unit will be qualified to both FAA/DoD and military NATO standards.